Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

August 8, 2024

Members of the Commission on the Unification of the Office of the General Assembly and the Presbyterian Mission Agency met in open session for less than half an hour on Thursday morning, with the remainder of their time together Thursday and most of the meeting Friday set to occur as a Committee of the Whole, which is also closed except to commission members and invited staff and its consultant.

August 8, 2024

If you’re passionate about food justice and live in or near the Louisville area, now’s the time to register for the People’s Summit on Food Systems and Urban Agriculture, which will include the unveiling of an action plan for food equity and showcase local organizations tackling food access and food insecurity.

August 8, 2024

Since people of faith — and those of no faith, too — learn by employing multiple intelligences, it makes sense for preachers to employ music, drama and visual arts on occasion to reach as many people as they can.

August 7, 2024

With a selected preaching text of 1 Kings 19:4-8, the account of Elijah asking God for death and God instead providing an angel to minister to the prophet for the long journey ahead, the Rev. So Jung Kim delivered a homily during Wednesday’s Chapel Service for the PC(USA)’s national staff filled with encouragement to care for one another in similar ways.

August 7, 2024

The PC(USA)’s World Mission Office of the Middle East and Europe, in conjunction with several denomination partners, held its second “People on the Move” webinar Monday. It featured representatives from Lesvos Solidarity (Greece) and Green Valley-Sahuarita Samaritans, located on the U.S./Mexico border. The webinar focused on the challenges faced by forced migration and global trends in migration policy, including externalization of borders, deterrence mechanisms, and capricious immigration legislation and its implications.

August 6, 2024

From the majestic magnolias that grace Stillman College’s 105-acre campus and the school’s striking seal, to the plentiful purple hull peas, pole beans and cucumbers that thrive in its community garden, the entire campus is alive with new growth.

August 6, 2024

September 2019: My first trip to Armenia with the Jinishian Memorial Program (JMP) and I knew almost nothing about their work. On one of our excursions in the Armenian countryside, we stopped to visit a dilapidated building, the concrete crumbling, windows broken, stairs not safe to walk on, the grounds overgrown with weeds. It was difficult at best to see the JMP’s vision for this place. That vision was to establish the Sevan Rehabilitation Center  (SRC) assuming all the necessary pieces of the project, including funding, came together. The local team’s enthusiasm was apparent and contagious as they described the plans for this endeavor.

August 6, 2024

The biggest event at Shaw, Mississippi, I was able to just catch a glimpse of during Freedom Summer in 1964 was the integration of Shaw’s storefront library.

August 5, 2024

The Welcome Church in Philadelphia, a church without walls, is served by an Evangelical Lutheran Church in America pastor and by the Rev. Schaunel Steinnagel, a Minister of Word and Sacrament with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and the associate pastor of The Welcome Church. It’s recognized as a community ministry by the Presbytery of Philadelphia and is a congregation under development in the ELCA’s Synod of Southeastern Pennsylvania.

August 5, 2024

This summer marks the 60th anniversary of what was dubbed by white Mississippians an “invasion” by “outside agitators.”

August 2, 2024

Building on what he told an online audience on July 9, Dr. Kenyatta Gilbert, Dean of the Howard University School of Divinity and the McClenton Scholar in Residence for the summer at New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, D.C., spoke Saturday at the church and online on “Preaching Wisely and Living Justly in Unsettling Times.”

Acting Stated Clerk Bronwen Boswell reflects on her year in office

August 2, 2024

Rick Jones & Randy Hobson | Office of the General Assembly

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A little over a year ago, the Rev. Bronwen Boswell was invited to step into the role of Acting Stated Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). In doing so, she became the first woman to ever serve in this capacity within the denomination. She concludes her term in office this week, returning to her job as general presbyter for Shenandoah Presbytery.

Boswell recently sat down with Presbyterian News Service to reflect on her 13 months in office.

August 2, 2024

The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), through investments of the Board of Pensions, has submitted a proposal to Microchip Technology Incorporated (MTI) requesting its board of directors commission an independent study “to determine whether its customers’ use of its products contribute or are linked to violations of international humanitarian law (IHL).”

August 1, 2024

Was it all just an American dream? That was the provocative title Dr. Gordon Govens and Jim Koon gave their week-long course at Synod School, which concluded last Friday.

Bronwen Boswell says our leaders need to do better

August 1, 2024

It saddens me that my last statement as Acting Stated Clerk is about another senseless tragedy that should not have occurred. Sonya Massey was a woman in need of assistance, and the very people who were sworn to protect her are the ones who ended her life.

August 1, 2024

Gentle Gulf breezes set the array of colorful flags from many nations high aloft at the Presbyterian Pan American School (PPAS), where they heralded a sea change at the small, college-preparatory school located some 90 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border.

August 1, 2024

Theological education in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is stepping up to the upheaval of our time, says the Rev. Dr. Katherine H. Smith. “Our theological education institutions are innovative, responsive and responsible,” she said.